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Adelina Marini

European Parliament President Martin Schulz will speak to journalists in a few minutes about the main challenges for the EU and the Parliament in particular this year. He will also comment more in detail on David Cameron's European speech. The press conference starts at 10 CET.

25 January 2013 09:46

Adelina Marini@martinschulz started the news conference with a comment on David Cameron's speech, saying that it had too little to do with the EU but with domestic policy. Cameron should be cautious not to lose control over the feelings he has just unleashed.

25 January 2013 10:10

Adelina MariniMr #Schulz agreed with a large part of Cameron's criticism for the EU, mentioning explicitly a problem he raised many times - why do the leaders meet behind closed doors? This makes decisions anonymous and opaque, he said.

25 January 2013 10:13

Adelina MariniYes, we need reforms. The #EU must be more transparent, more democratic, more socially just, but this will not be achieved by splitting the Union, the European Parliament chief added.

25 January 2013 10:14

Adelina Marini#MFF The 2nd issue Schulz touched was the negotiations on the next multiannual financial framework 2014-2020 saying that Parliament will not support the budget unless the EP's demands are taken into account. He reiterated that the leaders constantly agree new tasks at every summit of theirs but refuse to provide money for them.

25 January 2013 10:19

Adelina Marini@martinschulz said that he is not surprised by the fact that David #Cameron did not mention the European Parliament in his speech. He specified that governments report to national parliaments but when European policies are concerned the Europarliament is the appropriate institution. He invited David Cameron to address the MEPs and present his ideas there.

25 January 2013 10:27

Adelina Marini#MFF The European Parliament chief is avoiding to point out a specific sum under which the Parliament will block the EU multiannual budget.

25 January 2013 10:30

Adelina MariniNo one wants assimilation of national identity in Europe. We need the richness of sovereign states, of national identities and languages. But the EU should act intercontinentally and to tackle global challenges, Martin Schulz said.

25 January 2013 10:42

Adelina MariniWhen David #Cameron makes decisions in the European Council he is accountable before the British national parliament, but these decisions affect the German citizens as well, for instance. This is why the European Parliament is established, Martin Schulz explained to a series of questions of British journalists concerning Mr Cameron's speech in which he called the role of national parliaments on European level to be enhanced.

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#ECOFIN EU finance ministers have adopted today a package for taxation of the digital economy

5 December 2017 14:41

Adelina Marini#ECOFIN Dombrovskis: The Council has also approved a revised recommendation to #Romania demanding additional corrections of the budget deficit. The Council is concerned about Romania's fiscal sustainability